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If you create a large number of graphs, NodeXL's <span class="Definition">graph summary</span> feature might be useful to you.
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NodeXL automatically keeps track of several aspects of how a graph was created&mdash;how it was <a href="../Layout/Overview.htm">laid out</a>, how its visual properties were set using <a href="../VisualProperties/AutofillColumns.htm">Autofill Columns</a>, how its vertices were <a href="../Groups/Overview.htm">grouped</a>, and so on.  It will provide you with a summary of this information, which you can use for your own documentation.
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To get a summary of the graph:
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    Go to NodeXL, Graph, Summary in the Ribbon.
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Note that for privacy reasons, NodeXL does not keep track of the most recent data that was imported into the workbook unless you tell it to.
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To tell NodeXL to keep track of the data that gets imported into the workbook:
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    Go to NodeXL, Data, Import in the Ribbon.
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    Check the Save Import Details in Graph Summary menu item.
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To apply this change to all new workbooks:
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    In the Excel Ribbon, select NodeXL, Options, Use Current for New. 
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    When you are asked for confirmation, answer "yes." 
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<div class="MoreInformationTitle">More Information</div>

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<a href="../Layout/Overview.htm">Changing How the Graph is Laid Out</a>
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<a href="../VisualProperties/AutofillColumns.htm">Automatically Calculating Visual Properties for All Edges, Vertices or Groups</a>
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<a href="../Groups/Overview.htm">Working with Groups</a>
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<a href="../Import/Overview.htm">Importing Graph Data</a>
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<a href="../Options/Overview.htm">Working with Options</a>
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